sebi:WTM/VKC/ID6/88/2007

SEBI · SEBI · 2003-07-24 · V. K. CHOPRA, WHOLE TIME MEMBER

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Facts / Headnote

Minor penalty of suspension of certificate of registration of Royal Investments for a period of fifteen days, effective on expiry of 21 days from date of order

Provisions invoked

• s. 11
• s. 19

Regulations

• Reg. 13(4)
• Reg. 15
• Reg. 15(1)(b)

Parties

• Royal Investments, Sub-Broker of M/s B.D. Shah Securities Pvt. Ltd.

Holding

SEBI held Royal Investments violated Clauses A(1), A(2), D(4) and D(5) of the Code of Conduct under Regulation 15(1)(b) of the Stock Brokers and Sub-Brokers Regulations, 1992 by aiding its client A.M. Investments in manipulative circular trading in MOH Ltd. scrip, and imposed suspension of its certificate of registration for fifteen days.

Full text

Home » Enforcement » Orders » Orders of Chairman/Members Enforcement Enforcement▼ ORDER [Under Regulation 13(4) of SEBI (Procedure for Holding Enquiry by  Enquiry Officer and Imposing Penalty) Regulations, 2002]

4.1.2        That all the orders were entered into the automated trading mechanism of the stock exchange and this would definitely have a bearing on the volumes and market price and as such cannot be singled out to infer that price of the scrip was influenced. 4.1.3        That he had done trades for his client M/s A.M. Investment only and that Mrs. Alpa Shah was the proprietor. He added that he had dealt for A.M. Investment only and was unawa A.M. Investment had in turn dealt for Mrs. Bijal Mehta and Mrs. Alpa Shah as alleged or otherwise. 4.1.4        That  all payments towards the trade obligations were settled through A/c payee cheques and proper settlement of the shares purchased or sold by A.M. Investment have taken p trades were regular commercial transactions and he had no intention or motive of price manipulation and of entering into fictitious transactions as alleged. 4.1.5        That  it is impossible, impracticable and unfeasible for a sub-broker like him to detect and perceive the intention of a client and as such it cannot be termed as any failure on his pa care, skill and diligence. 4.1.6        That the role played by him as an intermediary in the market was only as a sub-broker and that he did not control or influence the investment decision of his client and he executed or the ordinary course of business and in good faith. 4.1.7        That he is not at all part of any group as alleged in the report and that he had not traded in the shares of MOH Ltd. in hi

Kantilal Mangaldas Sec Pvt Ltd. 18,939 25.43% 18,939 25.43% SVS Securities Ltd. 16,248 21.82% 18,807 25.25% Prabhudas Lilladher 15,134 20.32% 12,970 17.42% BD Shah Sec Pvt Ltd. 8,451 11.35% 5,002 6.72% Active Finstock 3,800 5.10% 0 0% Acme Shares Pvt Ltd. 3,275 4.40% 10,650 14.30% 65,847 88.42% 66,368 89.12% 6.9 Investigations revealed that the aforesaid brokers had dealt for their ultimate clients through their sub brokers, as per details given hereunder. Name of the broker Name of the sub broker Ultimate Client Kantilal Mangaldas Abhilasha Securities Tannya Securities SVS Securities Kunvarji Finstock Kajol Impex Prabhudas Lilladher Jyotish Bhogilal Stk Brk Shri Parshwa Finance BD Shah Sec. Pvt Ltd. Royal Investments A.M.Investments (Ms.Alpa Shah/Bijal Mehta) Active Finstock Kunvarji Finstock Kajol Impex Acme Shares Pvt Ltd. M.M.Consultancy Mahavir Investments 6.10 The Enquiry Officer observed that the clients of the Noticee vide letter dated May 20, 2000 had instructed the Noticee to credit the securities in an account maintained with SHCIL. However, the the account holder was not mentioned by the client. It is also seen from the analysis of the trade log and Order log during the period, August 01, 2000 to August 21, 2000 that on most of the clients of the Noticee had purchased and sold shares at 8% higher than the previous day’s closing trades and that too among themselves in such a way that the buy orders of one client wa matched with the sell order of another client in t

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